#flower structure
- Adelphy — An anomaly or structural characteristic of certain flowers consisting of the total or partial fusion of the staminal filaments into one or more distinct bundles. This morphological phenomenon facilitates specific pollination strategies and represents an important taxonomic criterion in classifying certain plant families, such as Malvaceae.
- Anther — The upper, terminal, and thickened part of the stamen, having a sac-like structure (usually consisting of two thecae), inside of which pollen grains are formed and housed. As an essential structural organ in the reproduction of angiosperm plants, it opens at maturity through dehiscence to release the pollen necessary for the pollination and fertilization process of flowers.
- Anthophyll — The feminine form of antofil; in botany, it designates a structurally modified leaf that forms part of a flower (such as sepals, petals, stamens, or carpels); in zoology, it characterizes a species or insect (e.g., a bee) that visits and harvests pollen or nectar from flowers.
- Floral diagram — A diagram, schematic sketch, or standardized graphical representation of a flower structure (floral diagram), used in botany to illustrate the horizontal projection of the number, arrangement, and symmetry of perianth elements, stamens, and carpels within a bud.